Clarion 1968-11-23 Vol 43 No 11

"I have it!" says Pishtharius, who domineeringly push-es
her way into a conversation between her insipid hus-band,
Eulpides, and the "bird-brained" Epops, to propose
that they found a city. This scene is from "The Birds,"
one of two twisted cuttings from Greek plays to be pre-sented
by Bethel students Saturday. Characters are (L-R)
Kent Erickson, Donna Davis and Byron Adams.
Vol. XLIII—No. 11
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn.
Friday, November 23, 1968
COEVAL provokes
campus reaction
with opening issue
The first issue of Coeval, Bethel's literary magazine, has pro-voked
considerable discussion both on and beyond the campus. Some
individuals have found the magazine's contents objectionable at
certain points, and reaction in some circles outside of the Bethel
community has been particularly unfavorable.
"The difficulty seems to be a misunderstanding of the function
of the student literary magazine," Esther Pearson, Coeval editor
explained. "Perhaps the Coeval risks the disapproval of some read-ers,
but it wants to be an instrument for student growth, for sincere
reflection and representation of personal exploration — to be so
it must allow students to speak in their own voice."
President Lundquist, who talked with Miss Pearson last week,
said that the Coeval's first issue had provoked discussion concern-ing
the objectives of Coeval and what is appropriate content-wise.
He distinguished two issues, stating that the issue was not what
a man has freedom to say, but rather another area of responsibility
involving what the editor feels is the thing to publish.
Miss Pearson noted that Dr. Lundquist had felt that the whole
tone of the publication was depressing, and didn't evidence Christian
joy.
"I think Christians have the right to express anything they
want, whether or not it is joyous," she contended. She lamented
that "The abandonment of traditional language in expressing Chris-tian
faith leads some to feel we've abandoned traditional Christian
faith. But we haven't," she added quietly but emphatically, repeat-ing
the phrase twice.
"If Christians are free to express themselves, they will express
Christian attitudes," the Coeval editor asserted. "The use of tra-ditional
language is simply the allowance that we are always in the
process of making new traditions."
President Lundquist reported that the "Student Senate recom-mended
that the communications committee look at Coeval and its
objectives in light of the first issue." He added that no official
action or judgement had been made, nor even talked about. All
those involved, he said, wanted "to nail down the problem together,
not by fiat by any source."
cont'd on page 3
Seminary dean outlines issues,
panel views 'Church Inside Out'
Discussion of the issues raised
in J. C. Hoekendijk's The Church
Inside Out will take two chapel
periods next week, Monday and
Tuesday, November 25-26. Maurice
Lawson, campus pastor, said the
discussion would cover such things
as the mission of the church, re-newal,
lay movements, and the
penetration of the gospel into to-day's
society.
Hoekendijk's book was recom-mended
as summer reading by
President Lundquist. "Many found
the book quite difficult," Pastor
Lawson commented, "but the pub-lic
discussion will no doubt help
to make it meaningful and stimu-lating."
On Monday, Dr. Gordon Johnson,
Dean of Bethel Theological Semi-nary,
will give a formal presen-tation
of the vital issues in The
A new educational chevron has
been added to Bethel's accredita-tion
status, according to a recent
report from the National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Edu-cation.
Dr. Janet Runbeck, chairman of
the department of education, said
the action of the NCATE on Beth-el's
behalf is the "ultimate accred-itation"
for Bethel's elementary
education program. Its basic bene-fit
is providing reciprocity of tran-scripts
among a vast majority of
states in the U.S. in addition to
certification for teaching in Min-nesota.
About 30 states automatically
accept transcripts of an NCATE-accredited
college, without even
insisting on fulfillment of t h e
state's requirements. Other states
accept the NCATE-approval with
a minimum of additional require-ments.
High standards of the NCATE
make it extremely difficult for a
small liberal arts college to attain
approval, and only about one out
of ten colleges which apply for
the first time receive the accredi-tation,
Dr. Runbeck said.
Church Inside Out. Tuesday will
feature reactions and interaction
by a panel chaired by Dr. John-son.
Participants in the panel discus-sion
include two students, Arnie
Bergstrom from the college and
seminary student Eugene Friesen,
and a member of the college facul-ty,
Stanley Anderson, instructor
of philosophy and a former pastor.
A fourth participant is John
Sundquist, a Bethel alumnus who
is currently pastor of Calvary Bap-tist
church in Minneapolis. Sund-quist,
a sociology major at Bethel,
previously was chaplain for the
Department of Corrections of the
State of Indiana. Later he served
as assistant pastor at Dayton Ave-nue
Presbyterian church in St. Paul
where his responsibilities included
missions and outreach.
by Margie Whaley
Bethel's education department
applied about two years ago and
submitted an extensive preliminary
report last December. After a
group of NCATE officials from out
of state spent several days here
last year inspecting the education-al
programs and confirming the
report, Dr. Runbeck met with the
NCATE officials to discuss further
information regarding the recom-mendation
for approval.
The mid-October decision of the
NCATE acknowledged approval of
the application for accreditation
for the program to prepare elemen-tary
teachers at the Baccalaureate
degree level.
However, the NCATE announced
"deferral of action for the program
to prepare secondary teachers" at
the same level. Its decision to await
additional information on the sec-ondary
program will mean a de-lay
of at least one year for ac-creditation
of this program, ac-cording
to Dr. Runbeck.
In the meantime, Bethel's sec-ondary
education students are still
certified on the basis of our re-commendation
to the State Depart-ment
of Education, she added.
by Marie Watson
"Silly, isn't it? Here we are, two
of us for the birds," quips the aris-tocratic
Euelipides, a main char-acter
in the play, "The Birds," to
be presented Saturday to Bethel's
Fine Arts classes.
A twisted cutting of the original
Greek comedy by Aristophanes, the
play will transpire in Room 106—
transformed to a deep south set-ing
and atmospherer. Characters
Since the secondary program is
even more expensive than the el-ementary
program and involves a
great many more departments, Dr.
Runbeck said the NCATE approval
is largely dependent upon certainty
that the applying college's admin-istration
is committed to the pro-gram.
Now that Bethel has a new per-manent
dean, who has expressed as
great an interest and commitment
as the president, the education de-partment
is optimistic about ob-taining
that needed impetus along
with further information to be pre-sented
to the NCATE by Dec. 1.
Although Bethel's elementary
education program is only about
five years old, it now boasts about
30 graduates per year. About 25
graduates per year are in Bethel's
secondary education program.
Dr. Runbeck noted that t h e
whole college's accreditation by the
North Central Association of Col-leges
and Secondary Schools will
be up for re-evaluation again this
spring. Last February Bethel also
was approved for accreditation by
the American Association of Col-leges
for Teacher Education.
NCATE gives'ultimate accreditation'
to Bethel's elementary ed program
will be attired in southern planta-tion
costumes. Epops, the king of
birds, boasts a beak almost three
feet long.
Another unique aspect of the
play is that the production is under
student direction as one of two
plays scheduled for double-show-ings
Saturady.
Euelipides, played by Kent Er-ickson,
will be joined by Pishetha-ris,
played by Donna Davis; Epops,
the king of birds, played by Byron
Adams; and his servant played by
Gayle Guthrie.
Two aristocrats are tired of the
dry, dull, scheduled life they are
leading. They are searching for a
situation where they can live free
from the regulation and pressure
of the aristocratic society.
As the scene unfolds, they find
what seems to be their idea of
freedom. To the land of the birds
they go. Seemingly they have a-chieved
their goal, only to find
they have made a step from one
big mess to another.
"The Birds" is under the direc-tion
of Faye Kulbitski and Ken
Fisher, both students of Mr. Dale
Rott's Survey of Drama course.
Production of a play is a require-ment
for this course. The purpose
is to acquaint student directors
with all that is involved in a dra-cont'd
on page 3
Greek comedies portray new twists
with students as actors, directors
IBooti 3arbietv
Churchman's conscience rebels
To The Editor:
Recent Rock and Folk concerts
on campus have helped to focus
our attention on Church Music and
an apparent lack of relevancy in
traditional forms. The issues, how-ever,
have in my opinion, been
blurred by inept reviews wherein
The Clarion Concert Review not
only reviewed the concerts, but
found it necessary to try to defend
the concerts philosophically.
In the "New Folk" review we
were informed that what is learn-ed
in Fine Arts was proven wrong.
It was pointed out that God could
be glorified through this approach,
and the approach was then de-scribed.
(The voices weren't the
best, but they were outstanding
showmen, etc.) Several questions
might be helpful to point out
problems in the reviews:
1. Why is it the performers
themselves seemed compelled to
inform us that they do not present
their "program" in churches? Is
a church building so sacrosanct that
it's all right to use a medium of
entertainment (folk-rock) a n d
dance (the girls were particularly
well choreographed) in college
auditoriums, but not in the sacred
halls of the church?
(I understand the point that they
go where the souls (who need to
be saved) are, but the statements
referred to the style of their music
and the performance techniques
employed.)
2. What kind of logic is it that
suggests that sensual appeal (aes-thetic
gratification) becomes the
criterion for determining whether
or not something is God glorifying?
(True, the crowd applauded enthu-siastically
and called for an encore)
but that simply indicates that the
music was enjoyed by the students.
The response indicated pleasure
with the performance. It was not
necessarily an indication that spi-ritual
communication had taken
place.
It is seldom that people applaud
because they have been spoken to
by the Holy Spirit. It seems ab-surd
to imply that because people
like something it is therefore God
glorifying.
The reviewer's accurate comment
that their showmanship was their
greatest strength reinforces rather
than weakens my personal view
concerning this approach. It would
appear that the hedonistic philoso-phy
which is valid to some people
is now endeavoring to shape our
values in church music.
Regarding the review of the next
campus cultural event (Ylvisaker)
it is interesting to note that the
reviewer in stating that the "sup-posed
differences between sacred
and secular music do not survive
examination" takes exception with
the vast majority of Musicians,
Aestheticans, Church Music Histor-ians,
and Musicologists who have
in their research pointed out the
differences between sacred and
secular music. (Obviously there is
by Rev. Richard Westby
Davis, Charles, A Question of Conscience,
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York 1967,
278 pp.
Many people today either leave
the church quietly or ignore its
teaching copiously. But when a
prominent English Roman Catholic
theologian rejects his church, it
makes news and raises questions.
With the tools of logic and rea-son
Mr. Davis makes a formidable
and convincing defense of his de-cision
to leave the church after
having become one of its gifted
and leading spokesmen.
Charles Davis was a moderate
and cautious theologian, taking the
church seriously, demanding of it
To the Editor:
As a student of Bethel College I
would like to congradulate the
Clarion editorial staff for its
thoughtful and provocative editor-ial
in the November 15th issue.
This was by far the most relevant
and meaningful comment to come
from the Clarion so far this year.
The realization that it is the
attitudes and reasoning of both the
administration and the students,
rather than any overt actions, that
must be looked into and questioned
was particularly significant. On a
college campus there is supposed
to be an intellectual, thinking
atmosphere, one which questions,
no such thing as sacred or secular
notes. Notes are notes.)
But the way in which the notes
are organized into meaningful or
intelligible patterns create what is
known as the "style" or "idiom".
It is through the style of music
that communication or meaning
takes place. What the music means
will determine how it is categorized
(sacred or secular). Recognition and
understanding of style are neces-sary,
therefore, to knowing the
differences between music types.
Therefore to the individual who
is musically literate it is impossible
to accept the reviewer's presup-position
that no difference exists.
If one does not grant this presup-positionally,
one is not "bound to
accept a great deal in the church
that now seems shocking" unless
the desire to shock is so over-whelming
that one determines to
disregard reason.
Finally, regarding R. Buell's let-ter:
1. I personally did not boycott
the concert by not attending it.
Other plans made long before 1
knew about the campus concert
made it impossible to attend.
However, I did attend the Ylvi-saker
concert a year ago because I
sincerely desired to be informed
in these areas. (Regardless, it would
not have been necessary to hear
him again to know what he was
attempting and the resultant prob-lems.)
2. I do agree that we as a
consistency and order. It was this
fact that led to his departure. He
expected the church to be t h e
"living embodiment" of Christ.
During his spiritual journey he
became convinced that the church
had ceased to be a credible insti-tution
worthy of his allegiance
but a hindrance to Christian faith
and joyous commitment. The pres-ent
institutional structure no long-er
embodied a concept of truth
relevent to the genuine experiences
of modern man. The church had
become foreign, strange, obsolete,
and irrelevent to the human reali-ty.
His arguments are cogent and
honestly searches, digs, for rele-vant
answers, for truth.
In such a situation, it is gen-erally
accepted, "good" answers
will remain, "bad" one will be lost
in the shuffle. Why then was it
necessary for Dr. Lundquist to re-move
the essay "The Student as
Nigger" from the Peace Club table
several weeks ago?
If it was a "bad" idea it would
have gotten lost anyway, without
his help. It would only have re-mained
to threaten the status quo
if it was "good", or, if it had be-come
a cause.
And I feel it is time it did be-come
a cause. Let me make this
Larson praises
paper coverage
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the World Missions
Committee, may I thank you for
the last issue of the Clarion, for
your effort to lay a good founda-tion
of information and concern
for World Missions Week. Please
pass our sincere appreciation along
to the reporters, photographers,
etc. who gathered all the data and
put it together in this interesting
way.
Sincerely,
Donald N. Larson
Chairman,
World Missions Com.
faculty should attend campus con-certs
whenever possible. (In the
last eight days I have attended
five concerts. Last year alone I
conducted or attended 68 concerts.)
If it is any consolation, there is a
limited number of members who
support any of the concerts on
campus, but we in the Music De-partment
do not interpret this as
a protest against our concerts.
3. I personally think it's_ a good
thing to have all points of view
represented on campus (whether
in music or any field) to confront
the students with different ideas
and thereby provide provocative
learning experiences.
4. I would wish that more of our
students with mature insights
would assume positions of lead-ership
so that the real issues could
be kept in better focus.
cont'd on page 3
convincing. They must be answer-ed
and the church radically chang-ed
if Christianity expects to win
the minds and hearts of thinking
people. It is a tragic situation that
forces men of conscience to leave
the church because they feel the
church is no longer a zone of
truth, a structure of love, and an
embodiment of hope.
All who are interested in read-ing
about the impact of modern
intellectual thinking on contem-porary
Christian thinking should
read this autobiographical sketch.
(Ed. note: Rev. Westley is an
alumnus of both, Bethel College
and Seminary and presently is
director of Bethel Center.)
clear, I don't feel it should be-come
a cause to get smoking (or
drinking, swearing, etc.) on cam-pus,
but to get the freedom to be
able to, to come to our own con-clusions
on it.
I pick smoking deliberately be-cause
there are obvious medical
and common sense reasons (smell,
cost, annoyance to others) why an
individual should not smoke. As
far as I know, these reasons are
compelling for all, and certainly
most, of the Bethel community.
Why then must there be a rule?
Why must we force the individual
who finds an occasional cigarette
to be a relaxing study break during
periods of high pressure, such as
finals, to go off campus, to hide
in Como park as a naughty little
boy? Rather, as long as he does
not pollute the air of the dorm
to the discomfort of others, our
only concern should be that he
think through, and check what he
is doing with his own conscience.
A Christian is no less required
to find his own philosophy of life
than a non-Christian. Indeed, we
have an even stronger need to find
our own way, with the guidance of
the Holy Spirit.
We are not to conform to, or
obey others just because everyone
of our peers do, or because others
tell us to. And others includes
not only "them," secular individ-uals,
but "us," fellow Christians.
When Bethelites begin to stand
for what they believe individually
rather than corporately, then will
we belive with conviction and fire.
Then will we effect our world.
For your own good, think!
Philip E. Humbert, Freshman
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
college, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor-in-chief Lynn Bergfalk
Assistant Editor Maurice Zaffke
Layout Editor Sue Bonstrom
News Editor Margie Whaley
Entertainment Editor Chuck Myrbo
Sports Editor Wally Borner
Business Manager Bill Goodwin
Circulation Manager Pat Faxon
Proof Reader Karen Rodberg
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
Page 2
the CLARION Friday, November 23, 1968
Bethel curriculum lacks
communication emphasis
Missions Week and its theme, "A Man Afar Off," reminds
one of the importance of communication. Without meaningful
communication, an effective Christian witness seems little more
than an idle dream.
The liberal arts college with a Christian emphasis should
be particularly sensitive to the mission of carrying the Chris-tian
message and the need for spiritual leadership. The concrete
expression of such sensitivity should be a curriculum designed
to develop intellectually autonomous individuals, capable of
communicating a distinctive worldview to other segments of so-ciety.
There is a need for articulate as well as sincere Christians.
At Bethel, however, we do not find an emphasis on the
importance of communication translated into the curriculum;'
in fact, Bethel must consider writing, as a means of communi-cation,
relatively unimportant if one judges by the slim course
offerings in that area. (Advanced Composition and The English
Language are the only composition courses offered; nothing is
offered in the way of journalism.)
But this does not give an accurate picture of the total situ-ation.
Proficiency in writing is recognized as important, and the
English Department is giving top priority to the need for a jour-nalism
professor. Long range planning calls for an increase in
both journalism and creative writing courses.
The present situation, however, reflects a long tradition of
minimal offerings in journalism and other composition. Beth-el's
previous journalism offerings (151, 152. Journalism work-shop
and 201. Journalism) were discontinued two years ago
when the school's only journalism instructor left.
A student can get some background in journalism by work-ing
on a college publication, but such experience is not recog-nized
as a valuable learning experience, and no academic credit
is given for suh work.
In a world where communication is of such vital import-ance,
the Christian, who has something very special to say,
should be particularly concerned with communicating effective-ly.
"The kingdom of heaven," Jesus said, "is like a merchant
in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great
value, went and sold all that he had and bought it." Posses-sion
of something of such great value would seem to have some
implications regarding communication.
For the Christian college, then, an emphasis on the ability
to communicate effectively seems even more appropriate than
such an emphasis on a secular campus. In view of this, it would
seem that Bethel needs to intensify its efforts to upgrade and
broaden the scope of coursework in both journalism and crea-tive
writing.
Secondly, Bethel needs to give its publications a more tan-gible
stake in the academic side of college life and make opti-mum
use of the learning possibilities of work on these publica-tions.
This might involve structuring publications work in such
a way that it would be acceptable for academic credit.
Berglund offers indepth critiques
of concert reviews, student letter
13 ETHEL FORUM
Asks students to think
Student commends provocative editorial
President Lundquist celebrated his annual birthday last
week. Rumor has it that decorations were done by two
anonymous students—Tom Mesaros and Jim Erickson.
Literary journal spurs discussion;
senate requests publication study
Mrs. Karl Lachler (R), a student at Bethel while on
furlough from Brazilian missionary work, interviews Mrs.
Howard Law, a part time instructor in Bethel's anthro-pology
department and a former missionary to Mexico.
It was bound to happen sometime. Last Saturday two floors of women moved into the
new residence on the Arden Hills campus, where they have been living with four walls
and a bed for the past week. Phones and dressers, occupation of the other wing by
men, final completion, and Christmas are coming.
Friday, November 23, 1968
the CLARION Page 3
Career overseas
Missionary tells of work in Mexico
Chris Weintz, Chairman of the
English Department and head of
the school's communication com-mittee,
said that the Coeval existed
as an "organ" for self-creative ex-pression
for students." He acknow-ledged
that the communications
board had received a statement
from Student Association president
Greg Taylor indicating Senate con-cern
about Coeval and other pub-lications
on campus.
According to Mr. Weintz, the ini-tial
response of the committee was
that it could "best help by exami-ning
each of the publications sep-arately,"
beginning with the Coeval "This," Hein said, "does not mean
because of the current controversy. he is sanctioning the view he is
The committee, he said, is in the expressing."
process of formulating a statement
which will be released at a later
date.
The committee then met Tues-day,
November 19, with full repre-sentation
including five students
and three faculty members, to dis-cuss
the general request of looking
into the matter of student publica-tions.
Meanwhile, work on a second
edition of the Coeval is continuing.
Miss Pearson felt that the Coeval
staff would "try to do the same
sort of thing next time — try and
from page 1 represent what students give to
us."
She added that "the president
suggested that we work much more
closely with our advisor, Mr. Hein."
Hein is an Assistant Professor of
English.
In viewing Coeval and the cur-rent
discussion about its content,
Mr. Hein felt that "The creative
Bethel student needs opportunity
to express himself freely so long
as he is sincere and is earnestly
trying to express his Christian sen-sibility.
Within these bounds he
should have the right to explore
any aspect of human experience.
"Then, too," he continued, "the
campus needs to understand more
sympathetically the nature of liter-ary
creativity. For instance, a n
author may try imaginatively to
see things from a point of view
other than his own.
Mr. Hein said that "Material
that is apt to give offense to ma-ture,
liberally educated people
ought not to appear in Coeval. But,
on the other hand," he concluded,
"the campus needs to respect the
integrity and intention of the cre-ative
writers among us."
by Marge Lachler
(Fourth and last in a series of
interviews with missionaries)
Mrs. Joan Law and her husband
worked under the Wycliffe Bible
Translators in an isolated Aztec
Indian village near Acayucan, Mex-ico.
Mrs. Law is presently teach-ing
in the Anthropology Depart-ment
of Bethel.
Mrs. Law, what were your ac-tivities
in Mexico?
Our translation work required
living in the Indian village, learn-ing
and analyzing the language,
translating the Scriptures into the
local dialect, witnessing and teach-ing
the Bible and reading, doing
medical work and any other means
in order to relate to the people.
Our main objective was to witness
through the translation.
Was this isolation really satis-fying?
Life was extremely primitive in
this non-market, semi-tropical vil-lage,
yet this was a most satisfy-ing
experience in that we contribut-ed
to the analysis of the language
and to the literacy aspects of the
work. It also gave me the chance
to do first-hand anthropological
field work.
The frustrations came from not
always having a defined role, and
not being able to do all that was
required. Because of lack of feed-back,
it was difficult to self-evaluate
our performance.
How did your college degree help
in this work?
My college degree was in The-ology
and Missions with some focus
on Greek. If I were to do it over
again, I would major on the social
Berglund letter
from page 2
5. I would also hope that we
might have a better dietary bal-ance
in future events. For an "Aca-demic
Institution" four pops con-certs
in a half a semester is a
little embarrassing. There may be
those on campus who would like
some intellectual stimulation as
well as the sensual gratification
thus far provided. This may be
why the faculty didn't turn out.
Robert Berglund
sciences, especially anthropology
and psychology.
It is important to understand
cross-cultural problems to make
an effective contribution to the
work. The Bible training is im-portant
and for the wives I would
recommend Seminary or its equiva-lent.
Was it necessary to integrate
yourself into the Indian culture?
We integrated ourselves as much
as possible into their society to
be understood, to learn the langu-age,
and to be able to communicate
the gospel message to them. We
could not do this effectively by
remote control.
We participated in village life,
but to preserve our personal ident-ity,
and to avoid sustained emotion-al
stress, it was necessary to be
absent frequently. Most summers
were spent in the U.S. teaching at
the Summer Institute of Linguis-tics
at the University of Oklahoma.
from page 1
matic production. By doing this
they will learn the technical as-pects
of play directing, and, hope-fully,
the art of directing.
Barb Jahr, another student of
the class, is responsible for all the
technical aspects of the play such
as make-up, costumes, and scenery.
"Pot of Gold" directed by Doug
Warring and Laurel Toy is also
a Greek comedy. It is set in a Ro-man
environment, with Roman cos-tumes.
As Strobilus relates, the play
centers around "a four-pound pot,
sir. I tell you a four-pound pot, just
full of gold." Elmer Nelson plays
the part of Strobilus, a sly slave.
Euclio, a mirely old man, is play-ed
by John Olander. Lyconides, a
young lover, is played by Bert
Loveland and his sweet old mother,
Eunomia, is played by Louise Han-son.
Pauli Jacobson is the voice
of a young girl.
This play is very unique—it has
no ending. The ending has been
lost in the course of time and was
presumably burned. The audience
will have the option of making
up their own ending, or eternally
wondering about the outcome of
the play.
Euclio, the old man, has inherit-ed
this handsome pot of gold from
an ancestor. The money is to be
for his daughter, but Euclio hides
it and the money is stolen. An
interesting love story is woven in-to
the main theme.
Should a knowledge of the his-tory
and literature of the foreign
country be a prerequisite for a
missionary?
In our particular field, t h e
knowledge of the Mexican and Az-tec
heritage was of no great bene-fit
to the local situation since our
Indians did not participate in the
Mexican society, nor were they
aware of any great Aztec heri-tage.
However, the Aztec history help-ed
us understand their vocabulary
and some of their beliefs and cus-toms,
such as sun and moon wor-ship.
In our indispensable contacts
with elite Spanish-speaking Mex-icans
this knowledge of their his-tory
and struggles for nationhood
was very valuable.
Perhaps m or e opportunities
would be open to missions if such
contacts were cultivated. Ignor-ance
and provincialism do not at-tract
people to the Christian mes-sage
we bring.
Barb Johr is assisting with tech-nical
arrangements.
Fine Arts students will be at-tending
the performances of both
"The Birds" and "Pot of Gold" for
the purpose of viewing acting
techniques. An interpretation of
the plays will be given following
the presentations. Performances
are at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.
The public is invited admission
free.
Actors and actresses for these
plays were chosen after tryouts
earlier this fall. They and their
directors have been hard at work
for the last month preparing for
this Saturday's performances. The
entire production will last about
one hour and fifteen minutes.
The casts and directors are anx-ious
for students to see "The Birds"
and the "Pot of Gold." They could
be real "treasures" or they could
be "for the birds."
STUDENT SPECIAL!
10% OFF ON
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Bought before
Thanksgiving
SACRED DESIGN
VIRGINIA PETERSON
ANITA BECKS
TRADITIONAL
Belltel Boo/a/tote
Students stage Greek plays
Page 4
the CLARION
Friday, November 23, 1968
Campus discontents
speak in graphic ways
by Donovan Kramer
Even though we at Bethel are pretty well shut off from the
outside society and its forces, I am beginning to noice some evi-dences
of outside forces near and, yes, even on the campus.
One morning, as I reluctantly shuffled to 7 :45 class, my sleepy
eyes perceived the word "WAR" painted on the sidewalk. I was
shocked. "What can this mean ?" I asked myself.
I decided to find out if there were other evidences of this at-titude,
or if this was just one frustrated person's way of protest.
Since I put little trust in spoken word, I went about my search
quietly. I hoped to find some other physical or graphic examples.
I was amazed to find that other opinions had been expressed.
They seemed to prove that "WAR" was an expression of a minority.
Under the "STOP" on two "STOP" signs on campus I found sten-ciled
respectively the words "WAR" and "HATE".
Evidently we have some on campus who favor a peaceful ex-istence.
I was happy to see such expressions, even though they in-volved
defaced property.
A few days later I found yet another example of favorable
Christian attitude. Someone had added beauty, in the form of flow-ers,
to something not so pretty, the sewer cap in mid-campus. This
may seem a superficial effort since it took no uglyness from the
sewer, but merely decorated it.
Yet this expression is a step in the right direction. We've found
that by flamboyant means we have accomplished little. Why not
start by improving little things before we attempt earthshaking
moves ? Maybe, by putting "flowers" on some of the "sewers" of
the world, we can begin an improvement.
Photos by Donovan Kramer
Puttee-rem
This will be a weekend of opening nights.
"The Waltz Invention," a comedy by Vladimir Nabokov,
opens tonight at the Eastside Theater for a four week run.
Nabokov is the author of the notorious novel "Lolita." This
will be the world premiere for "The Waltz Invention," about
a mad scientist's attempt to conquer the world.
"A Man for All Seasons" will open Friday evening at
Scott Hall on the University Campus. Performances will be
Friday evening at 8 p.m. and Saturday evening at 7 and 10 p.m.
"The Fantasticks" opened last night at the Chanhassen
Dinner-Theatre. It will run Wednesday through Sunday even-ings
for three weeks.
The Guthrie will present "Atreus" tonight, "Merton"
tomorrow night, and "Arturo" Saturday night.
But the biggest entertainment event of the week (month?
year?) could be the release of the Beatles' new album. It'll be
a two-record set, about thirty new songs. It'll sell for almost
$10.00, and it should break sales records.
Your Banking Needs!
paegctiik cd/e441iO4
104 all ,OL1411 k41212111
DROVERS STATE BANK
South St. Paul
Member FDIC Phone 451 - 6822
Garnet's Standard Service
Complete
Service
for
Your
Car
Larpenteur and Snelling
St. Paul
MI 4-2027
Friendly
Courteous
Conscientious
Men
Waiting
to
Serve
You
CRMS
URGA501\DS
by Dan Johnson
Despite all the modern influences of the twentieth century, Brussels,
Belgium, is still a medieval city at heart. It is as busy as most capital
cities but reflects the past centuries with its unique architecture from
the Middle Ages.
The city is most interesting from a historical point of view, but
this too depends upon the interests and desires of the visitor. The Old
Town Square of Grand Place dates back from the seventeenth century
when Guilds played an important part in the town. The square cobble-stone
block is surrounded by tall medieval edifices, brilliantly decor-ated
with gold leaf, which still house many of the city's craftsmen.
Brussels offers a new culture of the Flemish people with their
unique combination of German and French. Several Museum collections
exhibit the world's greatest collection of Flemish art and craftsmanship.
Tourists more interested in the here and now will find the outdoor
cafe to their liking. It is most interesting to compare different people
and their habits. A visitor should not judge or form set opinions about
foreign cultures in the few days he spends in that country, but should
think objectively and appreciate the different things he sees.
9:25 A.M. and 6:40 P.M.
2220 EDGERTON STREET AT HWY. 36
ST. PAUL, MINN 55117
BUS LEAVES EACH SUNDAY:
J. Leonard Carroll, Pastor
eGotic.01.2efraes?
Ask your eye doctor.
If he says you can,
Elwood Carlson
Opticians
will fit your lenses
with the extra care
and expert attention
your eyes deserve.
ELWOOD CARLSON
OPTICIANS
4th St. Lobby — Lowry Med. Arts
CA 4 - 5212 — St. Paul
719 Nicollet Aye.
FE 2 - 5681 — Mpls.
Call us for further details
WBCS
1050 K.C.
"THE NEW DIMENSION IN SOUND"
10:30 P.M. VOCAL POINT 10:30 P.M.
Monday—D-Slips, Are They Necessary?
Tuesday—The Games of War
Special guest: Leonard Sammons
Friday, November 23, 1968 the CLARION
Page 5
Stiff competition tries fledgling team;
debaters work hard, show progress
The "Mob" came through. The
boys from Third Old upset first
place Off Campus to throw the
league standings into a four-way
tie for first place.
Off Campus kicked off to the
Mob, who moved the ball up to
the opposition's 20. But then, Dave
Schmidt of Off Campus grabbed
off a Third Old pass and was
tagged on the five-yard line. Quar-terback
Jim Delich then took over
to direct the team on a 95 yard
march down the field. Doug Carl-son
teamed up with Jim for the
main punch of the offense and
Paul Zosel caught the TD pass.
The extra point was unsuccessful.
It was then Third Old's turn.
With time running out, it looked
like the Mob wouldn't get close to
the goal. But then Lou Dohon con-nected
with Gary Clark who was
double teamed at midfield, but
made the catch and turned it on
to tie the score at 6-6 at halftime.
Third Old kicked off to Off Cam-pus
and play was started from
about the ten. On the first play,
Delich threw up the middle. Du-hon
read the play perfectly and
picked off the pass at the 20 just
as the intended receiver was about
to catch it. It was then just a mat-ter
of a few plays before Lou again
hit Clark to take a touchdown
lead.
Again, with a good kickoff, Off
Campus had to start deep in the
hole. On the first play, John Lar-son
broke through the line to tag
Delich for his second safety of
the year.
From then on, time was run-ning
out for Off Campus and De-lich
had to resort to long passes
instead of the slow consistent
game. The attempt was futile as
the tough Third Old squad upset
everything with their 14-6 victory.
In other action, the Faculty
squeaked by Second Old 13-12,
winning on yardage. The Faculty
came up with the play of the year
as on their first offensive play,
they went up to the ball with only
seven men. Then, unnoticed, Bill
Carlson stepped onto the field as
left end and as the play moved
moved right, suddenly, Jack Tra-ger
threw to Carlson who was all
alone to saunter in for the TD.
Second Old came back to tie the
score, 6-6 as their offensive ma-chine
moved through the Faculty
defense and scored with Jim Dud-dleston
throwing to halfback Mark
Stewart.
In the second half, Faculty came
back with another bomb as Tra-ger
and Stephens combined for a
50-yard scoring play. But again,
Second Old moved down the field
and Stewart scored again on an 8-
yard run. Neither team could
chalk up the extra points, so the
game went into overtime.
In three plays, Second Old
by Frosty Peterson
The Bethel debate team has been
progressing extremely well this
year under it's new coach, Mr. Da-vid
Whitney. In the "A" division,
Marge Erickson and Julie Palen
have been doing well against tough
competition.
For example, on Saturday, Nov.
16, they won three rounds and
lost three, defeating St. Thomas,
St. Cloud, and the University of
Nebraska. They lost to the teams
from the University of Minne-sota,
Drake University and St. Olaf.
Two other team members, Don
White and Ted Harling, competed
in the novice class at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota on Nov. 11. In
this contest they won three
moved 23 yards, but on the last
play, the quarterback was caught
for an eight yard loss. Then the
Faculty took their turn and only
could gain five yards in their first
three tries. But Jack "tough in the
clutch" Trager tossed the ball to
Paul "rough and ready" Andrusko
who leaped into the air to grab the
pass and landed with enough yard-age
to give Faculty a one-yard
win.
Pit won their fourth in a row
by dumping First Floor 19-0. Quar-terback
Ron Carlson threw to Har-old
Hogan for their first touch-down
and then ran for two more.
The lone extra point was on a pass
(Con't on page 6)
the lathes klosett
649 South Snelling
New & Next to New
High Quality Clothes
for you'se guys and
gals.
Toggle coats,
fur coats,
party gowns
Com'on over and browse.
If we haven't got it —
You don't need it.
rounds while losing only one. Earli-er,
on Nov. 2, Marge Erickson and
Julie Palen came through win-ning
four rounds against one loss
at the University of North Dako-ta.
Whitney, who is new at Bethel,
stated that "We've made excellent
progress this year. We have a com-pletely
new team and the students
are excited about this."
It will be interesting to see the
results from some of the upcom-ing
contests as the competition is
by no means second-rate. This
weekend, they will compete in a
tournament at Bradley University
in Peoria, Illinois. Here they will
ply their skills against those of
teams from fifty of some of the
largest colleges and universities in
the United States.
Tournament activity is not con-fined
strictly to debating. There
are several other important areas
in which students compete as well.
Among these are oratory, oral
interpretation, discussion and ra-dio
broadcasting. At the Univer-sity
of South Dakota, Marge Erick-son
and Julie Palen received su-perior
and excellent ratings re-spectively
in the field of oral in-terpretation.
The subject chosen for debate
this year concerns the power of the
President in the curtailment of
foreign policy. It is chosen on a
nation-wide basis, thus enabling
all college and university teams to
compete with one another.
In preparation for this, stu-dents
do much diligent research,
becoming famaliar with both sides
of the question. As the year goes
on, Whitney looks forward to much
progress and experience in future
Third Old upsets leading Off Campus tournaments.
to throw I-M race into four-way tie
It was a night of ups and downs for the Royals����� mostly down
Randy Inouye (right) succumbs to
Macalester heavyweight
Bob Olsen (left) easily
decisioned opponent
• STEAK FILLET DINNER 9 .38
• PORK CHOP DINNER .16
• HAM STEAK DINNER .. '1.16
Personalized Service 1703 N. Snelling
First and Second Place Winners
Of Five State Area Competition
In Hairstyling and Shaping.
For Appointment Call MI 6-2323
Feaedem Votiat &old
Pastor—Robert Featherstone
Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam
2 BUS RUNS SUNDAY MORNINGS
LEAVING:
Snelling
Bodien
Manor 8:10 & 9:10
8:15 & 9:15
Returning 10:50 & 12:00
EVENING BUS LEAVES
Snelling Manor 6:25
Bodien 6:30
FALCON BARBERSHOP
IT'S HERE
ST. PAUL'S NEWEST
STEAK
HOUSE
• SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER '1 .29
(ABOVE DINNERS INCL. SALAD, BAKED
POTATO & TEXAS TOAST)
• STEAKBURGERS 69c
WITH SALAD 84c
Open Daily Including Sunday 11 To 9
11You Want the Best" Go to
THE BEST
1146 N. LEXINGTON AT LARP.
Lexington Plaza Shopping Center
FREE PARKING 489-9146
STEAK
HOUSE
ation bracket at 7 p.m. and the fi-nals
will be at 9 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded for
first, second, and third place. An
individual will be selected for the
most valuable player award, and
the assistant coaches from each
team will select the five All-Tour-nament
members. These indivi-duals
will receive a trophy along
with the winning coach.
Coach Trager and his team will
be leaving Thursday morning for
Illinois. After the tournament, the
team will remain in Illinois for a
Monday night game at Trinity Col-lege.
In the last game of the season,
Second New won an abbreviated
game by forfeit after they had
rolled up a 13-0 lead. New Dorm
started the game with six players,
however, one had to leave shortly
before the half.
Then in the second half, a New
Dorm end was hit from behind
and held, allowing a Second New
player to intercept a pass. During
a difference of opinion with the
referee, who ruled that there had
been no pass interference, the end
was requested to depart from the
field of play and New Dorm then
forfeited the game in protest of
the officiating.
°yak travel to Illinois,
open basketball season
I-M ball climaxes in title deadlock
Page 6 the CLARION
The Royals dropped their sea-son's
home opener to neighboring
Macalester College last Saturday
evening. Coach Doug King's grap-plers
went into this match with
high hopes, a hunger for victory,
and a willingness to put out for
eight solid minutes.
Although the 29-6 team score is
not thoroughly indicative of the
team's performance, it tells the
team members to turn those high
hopes into confidence, that hun-ger
for victory into an obsession,
and that willingness to work into
dedication. It tells the fans to be
at the Pillsbury meet, November
26 at 7:30 p.m. for a second and
better taste of Bethel wrestling,
1968.
WRESTLING BOX SCORE
123 Turner (M) dec. Jeff Mourn-ing
(B) 9-4
130 Erickson (M) won forfeit
137 Doug Warring (B) dec. Mac-
Farlane (M) 2-1
145 Callson (M) dec. Greg Ekbom
(B) 4-0
152 Krumm (M) pinned Nick Ger-kovitch
(B) 3:42
160 Thomsen (M) won forfeit
167 Freeman (M) dec. Dale Berry
(B) 4-3
177 Bob Olsen (B) rec. Sweet (M)
6-1
Hvy Nelson (M) pinned Randy
Inouye (B) 4:15
Bethel coeds
show strength
in volleyball win
The Bethel Women's Volleyball
team traveled to Concordia last
Monday night to pick up their sec-ond
win. The girls "A" team de-feated
their opponents 15-8, 11-15,
and 15-6.
Despite losing the middle game
of the match and an elbow in-jury
to Phyllis Markette, the team,
coached by Tricia Brownlee easily
won the match. The "B" team did
not fare so well, however, as they
dropped two games.
After starting the season with
losses to Augsburg and River Falls,
the team came back last week to
sweep Golden Valley Lutheran for
their initial win. Playing three out
of five, both the "A" and "B"
teams won three in a row.
This Saturday, the team will trav-el
to St. Cloud State College to
compete in a weekend tournament.
After Thanksgiving vacation, the
women will conclude their season
at St. Catherine on December 4.
Friday, November 23, 1968
The highlights of the meet
turned out to be the 137 and 177
pound matches. Doug Warring
came from behind in the final sec-onds
for a 2-1 decision for his
first-match victory. Bob Olsen at
177 did a little crowd-pleasing as
he easily decisioned his opponent
6-1.
The most costly match of the
night came in the 130 pound class.
Freshman Lee Granlund suffered
a separated elbow in the opening
seconds and will be unable to
wrestle until after Christmas. Lee
was a key factor in the Royal's
hopes and was promising to be a
big contribution to the Royal's suc-cess
this year.
The Greenville College Turkey
Tournament will provide the first
taste of action for the Bethel Roy-al
Basketball squad for the 1968-
69 season. Greenville College, in
Greenville, Illinois, will host the
four team tournament Nov. 22 and
23.
Besides Bethel and Greenville,
Lincoln Christian College and
Parks College will be entered in
the competition. All four colleges
are quite similar to each other.
At 7 p.m. Friday night, Bethel
will take the floor against Lincoln
Christian with the other two teams
playing at nine. Saturday night,
the two losers will play in consol-cont'd
from page 5
from Carlson to Dave Anderson.
Falcon kept their share of the
lead by dropping Third New 14-6.
Third New had everything except
a team which could effectively con-trol
Falcon.
Larson caught his sixth touch-down
pass of the year as he
grabbed a 13-yarder from Saxon.
Mark Zosel scored the extra point.
Falcon's second touchdown drive
was capped by a one-yard run by
Saxon. This time he hit Larson
for the extra point.
In the late stages of the game,
Falcon was on the Third New 40.
Saxon was just ready to pass when
Steve Henry stole the ball and gal-loped
60 yards for the sole Third
New touchdown.
s ae
Symposium
by Wally Borner
THINGS I WON'T EXPECT TO SEE IF I LIVE TO BE 100:
An Intramural ref calling a "perfect" game.
Mrs. Johnson receiving an award from the students for
her service to the students.
A Bethel varsity sport rolling up a perfect season and
being recognized nationally.
The soccer club going through a season with out being
stabbed in the back by a football player.
Students demanding that the administration take away
some of their extra responsibilities so that they have more time
for studies.
THINGS I WON'T UNDERSTAND IF I LIVE TO BE 100:
How anybody could expect an I-M ref to call a perfect game.
How anyone who has eaten in a High School cafeteria or a
U of M dorm cafeteria can complain about Bethel food.
Why some people don't think a pacifist can be a fierce
competitor in athletics.
Why the Vikings win the big ones and blow the easy ones.
Why there is more satisfaction in watching the bubbles in
a bottle of Prell than watching professional 'rassling.
Why people can read an article once and think they are
experts on the topic.
SPORTS CALENDAR
November 22-November 30
22 Basketball, Bethel Greenville Tournament
22 & 23 Hockey, U of Minnesota at UM Duluth
23 Basketball, Bethel Greenville Tournament
23 Volleyball, Bethel Women's St. Cloud Tournament
23 Hockey, North Stars at Montreal
23 Football, U of Minnesota at Wisconsin
23 Basketball, Pipers vs. New York H
24 Football, Vikings at Baltimore TV
24 Hockey, North Stars at Chicago TV
25 Volleyball, Bethel I-M
25 Basketball, Bethel at Trinity
26 Basketball, Pipers vs. Kentucky Duluth
26 Wrestling, Bethel at Pillsbury
27 Hockey, North Stars vs. Oakland H
27 Basketball, Pipers at New York
28 Volleyball, Bethel I-M
28 Basketball, Pipers at Miami
29 & 30 Hockey, U of Minnesota at Colorado College
30 Basketball, Bethel vs. St. Cloud H 7:30
30 Basketball, Pipers vs. Los Angeles H
30 Basketball, U of Minnesota vs. Iowa State
MEN PART-TIME or FULLTIME WORK
Call 226-1039
,
.4aceadotamat 'Kept9 Act&
Larpenteur and Snelling
in
Falcon Heights
The Self-Service Laundramat
24 washers . . . 12 dryers
For your convenience we are open 7 days a week
6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Matmen lose opener
to Macalester 29-6

Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.

Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu.

"I have it!" says Pishtharius, who domineeringly push-es
her way into a conversation between her insipid hus-band,
Eulpides, and the "bird-brained" Epops, to propose
that they found a city. This scene is from "The Birds,"
one of two twisted cuttings from Greek plays to be pre-sented
by Bethel students Saturday. Characters are (L-R)
Kent Erickson, Donna Davis and Byron Adams.
Vol. XLIII—No. 11
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn.
Friday, November 23, 1968
COEVAL provokes
campus reaction
with opening issue
The first issue of Coeval, Bethel's literary magazine, has pro-voked
considerable discussion both on and beyond the campus. Some
individuals have found the magazine's contents objectionable at
certain points, and reaction in some circles outside of the Bethel
community has been particularly unfavorable.
"The difficulty seems to be a misunderstanding of the function
of the student literary magazine," Esther Pearson, Coeval editor
explained. "Perhaps the Coeval risks the disapproval of some read-ers,
but it wants to be an instrument for student growth, for sincere
reflection and representation of personal exploration — to be so
it must allow students to speak in their own voice."
President Lundquist, who talked with Miss Pearson last week,
said that the Coeval's first issue had provoked discussion concern-ing
the objectives of Coeval and what is appropriate content-wise.
He distinguished two issues, stating that the issue was not what
a man has freedom to say, but rather another area of responsibility
involving what the editor feels is the thing to publish.
Miss Pearson noted that Dr. Lundquist had felt that the whole
tone of the publication was depressing, and didn't evidence Christian
joy.
"I think Christians have the right to express anything they
want, whether or not it is joyous," she contended. She lamented
that "The abandonment of traditional language in expressing Chris-tian
faith leads some to feel we've abandoned traditional Christian
faith. But we haven't," she added quietly but emphatically, repeat-ing
the phrase twice.
"If Christians are free to express themselves, they will express
Christian attitudes," the Coeval editor asserted. "The use of tra-ditional
language is simply the allowance that we are always in the
process of making new traditions."
President Lundquist reported that the "Student Senate recom-mended
that the communications committee look at Coeval and its
objectives in light of the first issue." He added that no official
action or judgement had been made, nor even talked about. All
those involved, he said, wanted "to nail down the problem together,
not by fiat by any source."
cont'd on page 3
Seminary dean outlines issues,
panel views 'Church Inside Out'
Discussion of the issues raised
in J. C. Hoekendijk's The Church
Inside Out will take two chapel
periods next week, Monday and
Tuesday, November 25-26. Maurice
Lawson, campus pastor, said the
discussion would cover such things
as the mission of the church, re-newal,
lay movements, and the
penetration of the gospel into to-day's
society.
Hoekendijk's book was recom-mended
as summer reading by
President Lundquist. "Many found
the book quite difficult," Pastor
Lawson commented, "but the pub-lic
discussion will no doubt help
to make it meaningful and stimu-lating."
On Monday, Dr. Gordon Johnson,
Dean of Bethel Theological Semi-nary,
will give a formal presen-tation
of the vital issues in The
A new educational chevron has
been added to Bethel's accredita-tion
status, according to a recent
report from the National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Edu-cation.
Dr. Janet Runbeck, chairman of
the department of education, said
the action of the NCATE on Beth-el's
behalf is the "ultimate accred-itation"
for Bethel's elementary
education program. Its basic bene-fit
is providing reciprocity of tran-scripts
among a vast majority of
states in the U.S. in addition to
certification for teaching in Min-nesota.
About 30 states automatically
accept transcripts of an NCATE-accredited
college, without even
insisting on fulfillment of t h e
state's requirements. Other states
accept the NCATE-approval with
a minimum of additional require-ments.
High standards of the NCATE
make it extremely difficult for a
small liberal arts college to attain
approval, and only about one out
of ten colleges which apply for
the first time receive the accredi-tation,
Dr. Runbeck said.
Church Inside Out. Tuesday will
feature reactions and interaction
by a panel chaired by Dr. John-son.
Participants in the panel discus-sion
include two students, Arnie
Bergstrom from the college and
seminary student Eugene Friesen,
and a member of the college facul-ty,
Stanley Anderson, instructor
of philosophy and a former pastor.
A fourth participant is John
Sundquist, a Bethel alumnus who
is currently pastor of Calvary Bap-tist
church in Minneapolis. Sund-quist,
a sociology major at Bethel,
previously was chaplain for the
Department of Corrections of the
State of Indiana. Later he served
as assistant pastor at Dayton Ave-nue
Presbyterian church in St. Paul
where his responsibilities included
missions and outreach.
by Margie Whaley
Bethel's education department
applied about two years ago and
submitted an extensive preliminary
report last December. After a
group of NCATE officials from out
of state spent several days here
last year inspecting the education-al
programs and confirming the
report, Dr. Runbeck met with the
NCATE officials to discuss further
information regarding the recom-mendation
for approval.
The mid-October decision of the
NCATE acknowledged approval of
the application for accreditation
for the program to prepare elemen-tary
teachers at the Baccalaureate
degree level.
However, the NCATE announced
"deferral of action for the program
to prepare secondary teachers" at
the same level. Its decision to await
additional information on the sec-ondary
program will mean a de-lay
of at least one year for ac-creditation
of this program, ac-cording
to Dr. Runbeck.
In the meantime, Bethel's sec-ondary
education students are still
certified on the basis of our re-commendation
to the State Depart-ment
of Education, she added.
by Marie Watson
"Silly, isn't it? Here we are, two
of us for the birds," quips the aris-tocratic
Euelipides, a main char-acter
in the play, "The Birds," to
be presented Saturday to Bethel's
Fine Arts classes.
A twisted cutting of the original
Greek comedy by Aristophanes, the
play will transpire in Room 106—
transformed to a deep south set-ing
and atmospherer. Characters
Since the secondary program is
even more expensive than the el-ementary
program and involves a
great many more departments, Dr.
Runbeck said the NCATE approval
is largely dependent upon certainty
that the applying college's admin-istration
is committed to the pro-gram.
Now that Bethel has a new per-manent
dean, who has expressed as
great an interest and commitment
as the president, the education de-partment
is optimistic about ob-taining
that needed impetus along
with further information to be pre-sented
to the NCATE by Dec. 1.
Although Bethel's elementary
education program is only about
five years old, it now boasts about
30 graduates per year. About 25
graduates per year are in Bethel's
secondary education program.
Dr. Runbeck noted that t h e
whole college's accreditation by the
North Central Association of Col-leges
and Secondary Schools will
be up for re-evaluation again this
spring. Last February Bethel also
was approved for accreditation by
the American Association of Col-leges
for Teacher Education.
NCATE gives'ultimate accreditation'
to Bethel's elementary ed program
will be attired in southern planta-tion
costumes. Epops, the king of
birds, boasts a beak almost three
feet long.
Another unique aspect of the
play is that the production is under
student direction as one of two
plays scheduled for double-show-ings
Saturady.
Euelipides, played by Kent Er-ickson,
will be joined by Pishetha-ris,
played by Donna Davis; Epops,
the king of birds, played by Byron
Adams; and his servant played by
Gayle Guthrie.
Two aristocrats are tired of the
dry, dull, scheduled life they are
leading. They are searching for a
situation where they can live free
from the regulation and pressure
of the aristocratic society.
As the scene unfolds, they find
what seems to be their idea of
freedom. To the land of the birds
they go. Seemingly they have a-chieved
their goal, only to find
they have made a step from one
big mess to another.
"The Birds" is under the direc-tion
of Faye Kulbitski and Ken
Fisher, both students of Mr. Dale
Rott's Survey of Drama course.
Production of a play is a require-ment
for this course. The purpose
is to acquaint student directors
with all that is involved in a dra-cont'd
on page 3
Greek comedies portray new twists
with students as actors, directors
IBooti 3arbietv
Churchman's conscience rebels
To The Editor:
Recent Rock and Folk concerts
on campus have helped to focus
our attention on Church Music and
an apparent lack of relevancy in
traditional forms. The issues, how-ever,
have in my opinion, been
blurred by inept reviews wherein
The Clarion Concert Review not
only reviewed the concerts, but
found it necessary to try to defend
the concerts philosophically.
In the "New Folk" review we
were informed that what is learn-ed
in Fine Arts was proven wrong.
It was pointed out that God could
be glorified through this approach,
and the approach was then de-scribed.
(The voices weren't the
best, but they were outstanding
showmen, etc.) Several questions
might be helpful to point out
problems in the reviews:
1. Why is it the performers
themselves seemed compelled to
inform us that they do not present
their "program" in churches? Is
a church building so sacrosanct that
it's all right to use a medium of
entertainment (folk-rock) a n d
dance (the girls were particularly
well choreographed) in college
auditoriums, but not in the sacred
halls of the church?
(I understand the point that they
go where the souls (who need to
be saved) are, but the statements
referred to the style of their music
and the performance techniques
employed.)
2. What kind of logic is it that
suggests that sensual appeal (aes-thetic
gratification) becomes the
criterion for determining whether
or not something is God glorifying?
(True, the crowd applauded enthu-siastically
and called for an encore)
but that simply indicates that the
music was enjoyed by the students.
The response indicated pleasure
with the performance. It was not
necessarily an indication that spi-ritual
communication had taken
place.
It is seldom that people applaud
because they have been spoken to
by the Holy Spirit. It seems ab-surd
to imply that because people
like something it is therefore God
glorifying.
The reviewer's accurate comment
that their showmanship was their
greatest strength reinforces rather
than weakens my personal view
concerning this approach. It would
appear that the hedonistic philoso-phy
which is valid to some people
is now endeavoring to shape our
values in church music.
Regarding the review of the next
campus cultural event (Ylvisaker)
it is interesting to note that the
reviewer in stating that the "sup-posed
differences between sacred
and secular music do not survive
examination" takes exception with
the vast majority of Musicians,
Aestheticans, Church Music Histor-ians,
and Musicologists who have
in their research pointed out the
differences between sacred and
secular music. (Obviously there is
by Rev. Richard Westby
Davis, Charles, A Question of Conscience,
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York 1967,
278 pp.
Many people today either leave
the church quietly or ignore its
teaching copiously. But when a
prominent English Roman Catholic
theologian rejects his church, it
makes news and raises questions.
With the tools of logic and rea-son
Mr. Davis makes a formidable
and convincing defense of his de-cision
to leave the church after
having become one of its gifted
and leading spokesmen.
Charles Davis was a moderate
and cautious theologian, taking the
church seriously, demanding of it
To the Editor:
As a student of Bethel College I
would like to congradulate the
Clarion editorial staff for its
thoughtful and provocative editor-ial
in the November 15th issue.
This was by far the most relevant
and meaningful comment to come
from the Clarion so far this year.
The realization that it is the
attitudes and reasoning of both the
administration and the students,
rather than any overt actions, that
must be looked into and questioned
was particularly significant. On a
college campus there is supposed
to be an intellectual, thinking
atmosphere, one which questions,
no such thing as sacred or secular
notes. Notes are notes.)
But the way in which the notes
are organized into meaningful or
intelligible patterns create what is
known as the "style" or "idiom".
It is through the style of music
that communication or meaning
takes place. What the music means
will determine how it is categorized
(sacred or secular). Recognition and
understanding of style are neces-sary,
therefore, to knowing the
differences between music types.
Therefore to the individual who
is musically literate it is impossible
to accept the reviewer's presup-position
that no difference exists.
If one does not grant this presup-positionally,
one is not "bound to
accept a great deal in the church
that now seems shocking" unless
the desire to shock is so over-whelming
that one determines to
disregard reason.
Finally, regarding R. Buell's let-ter:
1. I personally did not boycott
the concert by not attending it.
Other plans made long before 1
knew about the campus concert
made it impossible to attend.
However, I did attend the Ylvi-saker
concert a year ago because I
sincerely desired to be informed
in these areas. (Regardless, it would
not have been necessary to hear
him again to know what he was
attempting and the resultant prob-lems.)
2. I do agree that we as a
consistency and order. It was this
fact that led to his departure. He
expected the church to be t h e
"living embodiment" of Christ.
During his spiritual journey he
became convinced that the church
had ceased to be a credible insti-tution
worthy of his allegiance
but a hindrance to Christian faith
and joyous commitment. The pres-ent
institutional structure no long-er
embodied a concept of truth
relevent to the genuine experiences
of modern man. The church had
become foreign, strange, obsolete,
and irrelevent to the human reali-ty.
His arguments are cogent and
honestly searches, digs, for rele-vant
answers, for truth.
In such a situation, it is gen-erally
accepted, "good" answers
will remain, "bad" one will be lost
in the shuffle. Why then was it
necessary for Dr. Lundquist to re-move
the essay "The Student as
Nigger" from the Peace Club table
several weeks ago?
If it was a "bad" idea it would
have gotten lost anyway, without
his help. It would only have re-mained
to threaten the status quo
if it was "good", or, if it had be-come
a cause.
And I feel it is time it did be-come
a cause. Let me make this
Larson praises
paper coverage
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the World Missions
Committee, may I thank you for
the last issue of the Clarion, for
your effort to lay a good founda-tion
of information and concern
for World Missions Week. Please
pass our sincere appreciation along
to the reporters, photographers,
etc. who gathered all the data and
put it together in this interesting
way.
Sincerely,
Donald N. Larson
Chairman,
World Missions Com.
faculty should attend campus con-certs
whenever possible. (In the
last eight days I have attended
five concerts. Last year alone I
conducted or attended 68 concerts.)
If it is any consolation, there is a
limited number of members who
support any of the concerts on
campus, but we in the Music De-partment
do not interpret this as
a protest against our concerts.
3. I personally think it's_ a good
thing to have all points of view
represented on campus (whether
in music or any field) to confront
the students with different ideas
and thereby provide provocative
learning experiences.
4. I would wish that more of our
students with mature insights
would assume positions of lead-ership
so that the real issues could
be kept in better focus.
cont'd on page 3
convincing. They must be answer-ed
and the church radically chang-ed
if Christianity expects to win
the minds and hearts of thinking
people. It is a tragic situation that
forces men of conscience to leave
the church because they feel the
church is no longer a zone of
truth, a structure of love, and an
embodiment of hope.
All who are interested in read-ing
about the impact of modern
intellectual thinking on contem-porary
Christian thinking should
read this autobiographical sketch.
(Ed. note: Rev. Westley is an
alumnus of both, Bethel College
and Seminary and presently is
director of Bethel Center.)
clear, I don't feel it should be-come
a cause to get smoking (or
drinking, swearing, etc.) on cam-pus,
but to get the freedom to be
able to, to come to our own con-clusions
on it.
I pick smoking deliberately be-cause
there are obvious medical
and common sense reasons (smell,
cost, annoyance to others) why an
individual should not smoke. As
far as I know, these reasons are
compelling for all, and certainly
most, of the Bethel community.
Why then must there be a rule?
Why must we force the individual
who finds an occasional cigarette
to be a relaxing study break during
periods of high pressure, such as
finals, to go off campus, to hide
in Como park as a naughty little
boy? Rather, as long as he does
not pollute the air of the dorm
to the discomfort of others, our
only concern should be that he
think through, and check what he
is doing with his own conscience.
A Christian is no less required
to find his own philosophy of life
than a non-Christian. Indeed, we
have an even stronger need to find
our own way, with the guidance of
the Holy Spirit.
We are not to conform to, or
obey others just because everyone
of our peers do, or because others
tell us to. And others includes
not only "them," secular individ-uals,
but "us," fellow Christians.
When Bethelites begin to stand
for what they believe individually
rather than corporately, then will
we belive with conviction and fire.
Then will we effect our world.
For your own good, think!
Philip E. Humbert, Freshman
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
college, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor-in-chief Lynn Bergfalk
Assistant Editor Maurice Zaffke
Layout Editor Sue Bonstrom
News Editor Margie Whaley
Entertainment Editor Chuck Myrbo
Sports Editor Wally Borner
Business Manager Bill Goodwin
Circulation Manager Pat Faxon
Proof Reader Karen Rodberg
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
Page 2
the CLARION Friday, November 23, 1968
Bethel curriculum lacks
communication emphasis
Missions Week and its theme, "A Man Afar Off," reminds
one of the importance of communication. Without meaningful
communication, an effective Christian witness seems little more
than an idle dream.
The liberal arts college with a Christian emphasis should
be particularly sensitive to the mission of carrying the Chris-tian
message and the need for spiritual leadership. The concrete
expression of such sensitivity should be a curriculum designed
to develop intellectually autonomous individuals, capable of
communicating a distinctive worldview to other segments of so-ciety.
There is a need for articulate as well as sincere Christians.
At Bethel, however, we do not find an emphasis on the
importance of communication translated into the curriculum;'
in fact, Bethel must consider writing, as a means of communi-cation,
relatively unimportant if one judges by the slim course
offerings in that area. (Advanced Composition and The English
Language are the only composition courses offered; nothing is
offered in the way of journalism.)
But this does not give an accurate picture of the total situ-ation.
Proficiency in writing is recognized as important, and the
English Department is giving top priority to the need for a jour-nalism
professor. Long range planning calls for an increase in
both journalism and creative writing courses.
The present situation, however, reflects a long tradition of
minimal offerings in journalism and other composition. Beth-el's
previous journalism offerings (151, 152. Journalism work-shop
and 201. Journalism) were discontinued two years ago
when the school's only journalism instructor left.
A student can get some background in journalism by work-ing
on a college publication, but such experience is not recog-nized
as a valuable learning experience, and no academic credit
is given for suh work.
In a world where communication is of such vital import-ance,
the Christian, who has something very special to say,
should be particularly concerned with communicating effective-ly.
"The kingdom of heaven," Jesus said, "is like a merchant
in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great
value, went and sold all that he had and bought it." Posses-sion
of something of such great value would seem to have some
implications regarding communication.
For the Christian college, then, an emphasis on the ability
to communicate effectively seems even more appropriate than
such an emphasis on a secular campus. In view of this, it would
seem that Bethel needs to intensify its efforts to upgrade and
broaden the scope of coursework in both journalism and crea-tive
writing.
Secondly, Bethel needs to give its publications a more tan-gible
stake in the academic side of college life and make opti-mum
use of the learning possibilities of work on these publica-tions.
This might involve structuring publications work in such
a way that it would be acceptable for academic credit.
Berglund offers indepth critiques
of concert reviews, student letter
13 ETHEL FORUM
Asks students to think
Student commends provocative editorial
President Lundquist celebrated his annual birthday last
week. Rumor has it that decorations were done by two
anonymous students—Tom Mesaros and Jim Erickson.
Literary journal spurs discussion;
senate requests publication study
Mrs. Karl Lachler (R), a student at Bethel while on
furlough from Brazilian missionary work, interviews Mrs.
Howard Law, a part time instructor in Bethel's anthro-pology
department and a former missionary to Mexico.
It was bound to happen sometime. Last Saturday two floors of women moved into the
new residence on the Arden Hills campus, where they have been living with four walls
and a bed for the past week. Phones and dressers, occupation of the other wing by
men, final completion, and Christmas are coming.
Friday, November 23, 1968
the CLARION Page 3
Career overseas
Missionary tells of work in Mexico
Chris Weintz, Chairman of the
English Department and head of
the school's communication com-mittee,
said that the Coeval existed
as an "organ" for self-creative ex-pression
for students." He acknow-ledged
that the communications
board had received a statement
from Student Association president
Greg Taylor indicating Senate con-cern
about Coeval and other pub-lications
on campus.
According to Mr. Weintz, the ini-tial
response of the committee was
that it could "best help by exami-ning
each of the publications sep-arately,"
beginning with the Coeval "This," Hein said, "does not mean
because of the current controversy. he is sanctioning the view he is
The committee, he said, is in the expressing."
process of formulating a statement
which will be released at a later
date.
The committee then met Tues-day,
November 19, with full repre-sentation
including five students
and three faculty members, to dis-cuss
the general request of looking
into the matter of student publica-tions.
Meanwhile, work on a second
edition of the Coeval is continuing.
Miss Pearson felt that the Coeval
staff would "try to do the same
sort of thing next time — try and
from page 1 represent what students give to
us."
She added that "the president
suggested that we work much more
closely with our advisor, Mr. Hein."
Hein is an Assistant Professor of
English.
In viewing Coeval and the cur-rent
discussion about its content,
Mr. Hein felt that "The creative
Bethel student needs opportunity
to express himself freely so long
as he is sincere and is earnestly
trying to express his Christian sen-sibility.
Within these bounds he
should have the right to explore
any aspect of human experience.
"Then, too," he continued, "the
campus needs to understand more
sympathetically the nature of liter-ary
creativity. For instance, a n
author may try imaginatively to
see things from a point of view
other than his own.
Mr. Hein said that "Material
that is apt to give offense to ma-ture,
liberally educated people
ought not to appear in Coeval. But,
on the other hand," he concluded,
"the campus needs to respect the
integrity and intention of the cre-ative
writers among us."
by Marge Lachler
(Fourth and last in a series of
interviews with missionaries)
Mrs. Joan Law and her husband
worked under the Wycliffe Bible
Translators in an isolated Aztec
Indian village near Acayucan, Mex-ico.
Mrs. Law is presently teach-ing
in the Anthropology Depart-ment
of Bethel.
Mrs. Law, what were your ac-tivities
in Mexico?
Our translation work required
living in the Indian village, learn-ing
and analyzing the language,
translating the Scriptures into the
local dialect, witnessing and teach-ing
the Bible and reading, doing
medical work and any other means
in order to relate to the people.
Our main objective was to witness
through the translation.
Was this isolation really satis-fying?
Life was extremely primitive in
this non-market, semi-tropical vil-lage,
yet this was a most satisfy-ing
experience in that we contribut-ed
to the analysis of the language
and to the literacy aspects of the
work. It also gave me the chance
to do first-hand anthropological
field work.
The frustrations came from not
always having a defined role, and
not being able to do all that was
required. Because of lack of feed-back,
it was difficult to self-evaluate
our performance.
How did your college degree help
in this work?
My college degree was in The-ology
and Missions with some focus
on Greek. If I were to do it over
again, I would major on the social
Berglund letter
from page 2
5. I would also hope that we
might have a better dietary bal-ance
in future events. For an "Aca-demic
Institution" four pops con-certs
in a half a semester is a
little embarrassing. There may be
those on campus who would like
some intellectual stimulation as
well as the sensual gratification
thus far provided. This may be
why the faculty didn't turn out.
Robert Berglund
sciences, especially anthropology
and psychology.
It is important to understand
cross-cultural problems to make
an effective contribution to the
work. The Bible training is im-portant
and for the wives I would
recommend Seminary or its equiva-lent.
Was it necessary to integrate
yourself into the Indian culture?
We integrated ourselves as much
as possible into their society to
be understood, to learn the langu-age,
and to be able to communicate
the gospel message to them. We
could not do this effectively by
remote control.
We participated in village life,
but to preserve our personal ident-ity,
and to avoid sustained emotion-al
stress, it was necessary to be
absent frequently. Most summers
were spent in the U.S. teaching at
the Summer Institute of Linguis-tics
at the University of Oklahoma.
from page 1
matic production. By doing this
they will learn the technical as-pects
of play directing, and, hope-fully,
the art of directing.
Barb Jahr, another student of
the class, is responsible for all the
technical aspects of the play such
as make-up, costumes, and scenery.
"Pot of Gold" directed by Doug
Warring and Laurel Toy is also
a Greek comedy. It is set in a Ro-man
environment, with Roman cos-tumes.
As Strobilus relates, the play
centers around "a four-pound pot,
sir. I tell you a four-pound pot, just
full of gold." Elmer Nelson plays
the part of Strobilus, a sly slave.
Euclio, a mirely old man, is play-ed
by John Olander. Lyconides, a
young lover, is played by Bert
Loveland and his sweet old mother,
Eunomia, is played by Louise Han-son.
Pauli Jacobson is the voice
of a young girl.
This play is very unique—it has
no ending. The ending has been
lost in the course of time and was
presumably burned. The audience
will have the option of making
up their own ending, or eternally
wondering about the outcome of
the play.
Euclio, the old man, has inherit-ed
this handsome pot of gold from
an ancestor. The money is to be
for his daughter, but Euclio hides
it and the money is stolen. An
interesting love story is woven in-to
the main theme.
Should a knowledge of the his-tory
and literature of the foreign
country be a prerequisite for a
missionary?
In our particular field, t h e
knowledge of the Mexican and Az-tec
heritage was of no great bene-fit
to the local situation since our
Indians did not participate in the
Mexican society, nor were they
aware of any great Aztec heri-tage.
However, the Aztec history help-ed
us understand their vocabulary
and some of their beliefs and cus-toms,
such as sun and moon wor-ship.
In our indispensable contacts
with elite Spanish-speaking Mex-icans
this knowledge of their his-tory
and struggles for nationhood
was very valuable.
Perhaps m or e opportunities
would be open to missions if such
contacts were cultivated. Ignor-ance
and provincialism do not at-tract
people to the Christian mes-sage
we bring.
Barb Johr is assisting with tech-nical
arrangements.
Fine Arts students will be at-tending
the performances of both
"The Birds" and "Pot of Gold" for
the purpose of viewing acting
techniques. An interpretation of
the plays will be given following
the presentations. Performances
are at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.
The public is invited admission
free.
Actors and actresses for these
plays were chosen after tryouts
earlier this fall. They and their
directors have been hard at work
for the last month preparing for
this Saturday's performances. The
entire production will last about
one hour and fifteen minutes.
The casts and directors are anx-ious
for students to see "The Birds"
and the "Pot of Gold." They could
be real "treasures" or they could
be "for the birds."
STUDENT SPECIAL!
10% OFF ON
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Bought before
Thanksgiving
SACRED DESIGN
VIRGINIA PETERSON
ANITA BECKS
TRADITIONAL
Belltel Boo/a/tote
Students stage Greek plays
Page 4
the CLARION
Friday, November 23, 1968
Campus discontents
speak in graphic ways
by Donovan Kramer
Even though we at Bethel are pretty well shut off from the
outside society and its forces, I am beginning to noice some evi-dences
of outside forces near and, yes, even on the campus.
One morning, as I reluctantly shuffled to 7 :45 class, my sleepy
eyes perceived the word "WAR" painted on the sidewalk. I was
shocked. "What can this mean ?" I asked myself.
I decided to find out if there were other evidences of this at-titude,
or if this was just one frustrated person's way of protest.
Since I put little trust in spoken word, I went about my search
quietly. I hoped to find some other physical or graphic examples.
I was amazed to find that other opinions had been expressed.
They seemed to prove that "WAR" was an expression of a minority.
Under the "STOP" on two "STOP" signs on campus I found sten-ciled
respectively the words "WAR" and "HATE".
Evidently we have some on campus who favor a peaceful ex-istence.
I was happy to see such expressions, even though they in-volved
defaced property.
A few days later I found yet another example of favorable
Christian attitude. Someone had added beauty, in the form of flow-ers,
to something not so pretty, the sewer cap in mid-campus. This
may seem a superficial effort since it took no uglyness from the
sewer, but merely decorated it.
Yet this expression is a step in the right direction. We've found
that by flamboyant means we have accomplished little. Why not
start by improving little things before we attempt earthshaking
moves ? Maybe, by putting "flowers" on some of the "sewers" of
the world, we can begin an improvement.
Photos by Donovan Kramer
Puttee-rem
This will be a weekend of opening nights.
"The Waltz Invention," a comedy by Vladimir Nabokov,
opens tonight at the Eastside Theater for a four week run.
Nabokov is the author of the notorious novel "Lolita." This
will be the world premiere for "The Waltz Invention," about
a mad scientist's attempt to conquer the world.
"A Man for All Seasons" will open Friday evening at
Scott Hall on the University Campus. Performances will be
Friday evening at 8 p.m. and Saturday evening at 7 and 10 p.m.
"The Fantasticks" opened last night at the Chanhassen
Dinner-Theatre. It will run Wednesday through Sunday even-ings
for three weeks.
The Guthrie will present "Atreus" tonight, "Merton"
tomorrow night, and "Arturo" Saturday night.
But the biggest entertainment event of the week (month?
year?) could be the release of the Beatles' new album. It'll be
a two-record set, about thirty new songs. It'll sell for almost
$10.00, and it should break sales records.
Your Banking Needs!
paegctiik cd/e441iO4
104 all ,OL1411 k41212111
DROVERS STATE BANK
South St. Paul
Member FDIC Phone 451 - 6822
Garnet's Standard Service
Complete
Service
for
Your
Car
Larpenteur and Snelling
St. Paul
MI 4-2027
Friendly
Courteous
Conscientious
Men
Waiting
to
Serve
You
CRMS
URGA501\DS
by Dan Johnson
Despite all the modern influences of the twentieth century, Brussels,
Belgium, is still a medieval city at heart. It is as busy as most capital
cities but reflects the past centuries with its unique architecture from
the Middle Ages.
The city is most interesting from a historical point of view, but
this too depends upon the interests and desires of the visitor. The Old
Town Square of Grand Place dates back from the seventeenth century
when Guilds played an important part in the town. The square cobble-stone
block is surrounded by tall medieval edifices, brilliantly decor-ated
with gold leaf, which still house many of the city's craftsmen.
Brussels offers a new culture of the Flemish people with their
unique combination of German and French. Several Museum collections
exhibit the world's greatest collection of Flemish art and craftsmanship.
Tourists more interested in the here and now will find the outdoor
cafe to their liking. It is most interesting to compare different people
and their habits. A visitor should not judge or form set opinions about
foreign cultures in the few days he spends in that country, but should
think objectively and appreciate the different things he sees.
9:25 A.M. and 6:40 P.M.
2220 EDGERTON STREET AT HWY. 36
ST. PAUL, MINN 55117
BUS LEAVES EACH SUNDAY:
J. Leonard Carroll, Pastor
eGotic.01.2efraes?
Ask your eye doctor.
If he says you can,
Elwood Carlson
Opticians
will fit your lenses
with the extra care
and expert attention
your eyes deserve.
ELWOOD CARLSON
OPTICIANS
4th St. Lobby — Lowry Med. Arts
CA 4 - 5212 — St. Paul
719 Nicollet Aye.
FE 2 - 5681 — Mpls.
Call us for further details
WBCS
1050 K.C.
"THE NEW DIMENSION IN SOUND"
10:30 P.M. VOCAL POINT 10:30 P.M.
Monday—D-Slips, Are They Necessary?
Tuesday—The Games of War
Special guest: Leonard Sammons
Friday, November 23, 1968 the CLARION
Page 5
Stiff competition tries fledgling team;
debaters work hard, show progress
The "Mob" came through. The
boys from Third Old upset first
place Off Campus to throw the
league standings into a four-way
tie for first place.
Off Campus kicked off to the
Mob, who moved the ball up to
the opposition's 20. But then, Dave
Schmidt of Off Campus grabbed
off a Third Old pass and was
tagged on the five-yard line. Quar-terback
Jim Delich then took over
to direct the team on a 95 yard
march down the field. Doug Carl-son
teamed up with Jim for the
main punch of the offense and
Paul Zosel caught the TD pass.
The extra point was unsuccessful.
It was then Third Old's turn.
With time running out, it looked
like the Mob wouldn't get close to
the goal. But then Lou Dohon con-nected
with Gary Clark who was
double teamed at midfield, but
made the catch and turned it on
to tie the score at 6-6 at halftime.
Third Old kicked off to Off Cam-pus
and play was started from
about the ten. On the first play,
Delich threw up the middle. Du-hon
read the play perfectly and
picked off the pass at the 20 just
as the intended receiver was about
to catch it. It was then just a mat-ter
of a few plays before Lou again
hit Clark to take a touchdown
lead.
Again, with a good kickoff, Off
Campus had to start deep in the
hole. On the first play, John Lar-son
broke through the line to tag
Delich for his second safety of
the year.
From then on, time was run-ning
out for Off Campus and De-lich
had to resort to long passes
instead of the slow consistent
game. The attempt was futile as
the tough Third Old squad upset
everything with their 14-6 victory.
In other action, the Faculty
squeaked by Second Old 13-12,
winning on yardage. The Faculty
came up with the play of the year
as on their first offensive play,
they went up to the ball with only
seven men. Then, unnoticed, Bill
Carlson stepped onto the field as
left end and as the play moved
moved right, suddenly, Jack Tra-ger
threw to Carlson who was all
alone to saunter in for the TD.
Second Old came back to tie the
score, 6-6 as their offensive ma-chine
moved through the Faculty
defense and scored with Jim Dud-dleston
throwing to halfback Mark
Stewart.
In the second half, Faculty came
back with another bomb as Tra-ger
and Stephens combined for a
50-yard scoring play. But again,
Second Old moved down the field
and Stewart scored again on an 8-
yard run. Neither team could
chalk up the extra points, so the
game went into overtime.
In three plays, Second Old
by Frosty Peterson
The Bethel debate team has been
progressing extremely well this
year under it's new coach, Mr. Da-vid
Whitney. In the "A" division,
Marge Erickson and Julie Palen
have been doing well against tough
competition.
For example, on Saturday, Nov.
16, they won three rounds and
lost three, defeating St. Thomas,
St. Cloud, and the University of
Nebraska. They lost to the teams
from the University of Minne-sota,
Drake University and St. Olaf.
Two other team members, Don
White and Ted Harling, competed
in the novice class at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota on Nov. 11. In
this contest they won three
moved 23 yards, but on the last
play, the quarterback was caught
for an eight yard loss. Then the
Faculty took their turn and only
could gain five yards in their first
three tries. But Jack "tough in the
clutch" Trager tossed the ball to
Paul "rough and ready" Andrusko
who leaped into the air to grab the
pass and landed with enough yard-age
to give Faculty a one-yard
win.
Pit won their fourth in a row
by dumping First Floor 19-0. Quar-terback
Ron Carlson threw to Har-old
Hogan for their first touch-down
and then ran for two more.
The lone extra point was on a pass
(Con't on page 6)
the lathes klosett
649 South Snelling
New & Next to New
High Quality Clothes
for you'se guys and
gals.
Toggle coats,
fur coats,
party gowns
Com'on over and browse.
If we haven't got it —
You don't need it.
rounds while losing only one. Earli-er,
on Nov. 2, Marge Erickson and
Julie Palen came through win-ning
four rounds against one loss
at the University of North Dako-ta.
Whitney, who is new at Bethel,
stated that "We've made excellent
progress this year. We have a com-pletely
new team and the students
are excited about this."
It will be interesting to see the
results from some of the upcom-ing
contests as the competition is
by no means second-rate. This
weekend, they will compete in a
tournament at Bradley University
in Peoria, Illinois. Here they will
ply their skills against those of
teams from fifty of some of the
largest colleges and universities in
the United States.
Tournament activity is not con-fined
strictly to debating. There
are several other important areas
in which students compete as well.
Among these are oratory, oral
interpretation, discussion and ra-dio
broadcasting. At the Univer-sity
of South Dakota, Marge Erick-son
and Julie Palen received su-perior
and excellent ratings re-spectively
in the field of oral in-terpretation.
The subject chosen for debate
this year concerns the power of the
President in the curtailment of
foreign policy. It is chosen on a
nation-wide basis, thus enabling
all college and university teams to
compete with one another.
In preparation for this, stu-dents
do much diligent research,
becoming famaliar with both sides
of the question. As the year goes
on, Whitney looks forward to much
progress and experience in future
Third Old upsets leading Off Campus tournaments.
to throw I-M race into four-way tie
It was a night of ups and downs for the Royals����� mostly down
Randy Inouye (right) succumbs to
Macalester heavyweight
Bob Olsen (left) easily
decisioned opponent
• STEAK FILLET DINNER 9 .38
• PORK CHOP DINNER .16
• HAM STEAK DINNER .. '1.16
Personalized Service 1703 N. Snelling
First and Second Place Winners
Of Five State Area Competition
In Hairstyling and Shaping.
For Appointment Call MI 6-2323
Feaedem Votiat &old
Pastor—Robert Featherstone
Assistant Pastor—Bill Malam
2 BUS RUNS SUNDAY MORNINGS
LEAVING:
Snelling
Bodien
Manor 8:10 & 9:10
8:15 & 9:15
Returning 10:50 & 12:00
EVENING BUS LEAVES
Snelling Manor 6:25
Bodien 6:30
FALCON BARBERSHOP
IT'S HERE
ST. PAUL'S NEWEST
STEAK
HOUSE
• SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER '1 .29
(ABOVE DINNERS INCL. SALAD, BAKED
POTATO & TEXAS TOAST)
• STEAKBURGERS 69c
WITH SALAD 84c
Open Daily Including Sunday 11 To 9
11You Want the Best" Go to
THE BEST
1146 N. LEXINGTON AT LARP.
Lexington Plaza Shopping Center
FREE PARKING 489-9146
STEAK
HOUSE
ation bracket at 7 p.m. and the fi-nals
will be at 9 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded for
first, second, and third place. An
individual will be selected for the
most valuable player award, and
the assistant coaches from each
team will select the five All-Tour-nament
members. These indivi-duals
will receive a trophy along
with the winning coach.
Coach Trager and his team will
be leaving Thursday morning for
Illinois. After the tournament, the
team will remain in Illinois for a
Monday night game at Trinity Col-lege.
In the last game of the season,
Second New won an abbreviated
game by forfeit after they had
rolled up a 13-0 lead. New Dorm
started the game with six players,
however, one had to leave shortly
before the half.
Then in the second half, a New
Dorm end was hit from behind
and held, allowing a Second New
player to intercept a pass. During
a difference of opinion with the
referee, who ruled that there had
been no pass interference, the end
was requested to depart from the
field of play and New Dorm then
forfeited the game in protest of
the officiating.
°yak travel to Illinois,
open basketball season
I-M ball climaxes in title deadlock
Page 6 the CLARION
The Royals dropped their sea-son's
home opener to neighboring
Macalester College last Saturday
evening. Coach Doug King's grap-plers
went into this match with
high hopes, a hunger for victory,
and a willingness to put out for
eight solid minutes.
Although the 29-6 team score is
not thoroughly indicative of the
team's performance, it tells the
team members to turn those high
hopes into confidence, that hun-ger
for victory into an obsession,
and that willingness to work into
dedication. It tells the fans to be
at the Pillsbury meet, November
26 at 7:30 p.m. for a second and
better taste of Bethel wrestling,
1968.
WRESTLING BOX SCORE
123 Turner (M) dec. Jeff Mourn-ing
(B) 9-4
130 Erickson (M) won forfeit
137 Doug Warring (B) dec. Mac-
Farlane (M) 2-1
145 Callson (M) dec. Greg Ekbom
(B) 4-0
152 Krumm (M) pinned Nick Ger-kovitch
(B) 3:42
160 Thomsen (M) won forfeit
167 Freeman (M) dec. Dale Berry
(B) 4-3
177 Bob Olsen (B) rec. Sweet (M)
6-1
Hvy Nelson (M) pinned Randy
Inouye (B) 4:15
Bethel coeds
show strength
in volleyball win
The Bethel Women's Volleyball
team traveled to Concordia last
Monday night to pick up their sec-ond
win. The girls "A" team de-feated
their opponents 15-8, 11-15,
and 15-6.
Despite losing the middle game
of the match and an elbow in-jury
to Phyllis Markette, the team,
coached by Tricia Brownlee easily
won the match. The "B" team did
not fare so well, however, as they
dropped two games.
After starting the season with
losses to Augsburg and River Falls,
the team came back last week to
sweep Golden Valley Lutheran for
their initial win. Playing three out
of five, both the "A" and "B"
teams won three in a row.
This Saturday, the team will trav-el
to St. Cloud State College to
compete in a weekend tournament.
After Thanksgiving vacation, the
women will conclude their season
at St. Catherine on December 4.
Friday, November 23, 1968
The highlights of the meet
turned out to be the 137 and 177
pound matches. Doug Warring
came from behind in the final sec-onds
for a 2-1 decision for his
first-match victory. Bob Olsen at
177 did a little crowd-pleasing as
he easily decisioned his opponent
6-1.
The most costly match of the
night came in the 130 pound class.
Freshman Lee Granlund suffered
a separated elbow in the opening
seconds and will be unable to
wrestle until after Christmas. Lee
was a key factor in the Royal's
hopes and was promising to be a
big contribution to the Royal's suc-cess
this year.
The Greenville College Turkey
Tournament will provide the first
taste of action for the Bethel Roy-al
Basketball squad for the 1968-
69 season. Greenville College, in
Greenville, Illinois, will host the
four team tournament Nov. 22 and
23.
Besides Bethel and Greenville,
Lincoln Christian College and
Parks College will be entered in
the competition. All four colleges
are quite similar to each other.
At 7 p.m. Friday night, Bethel
will take the floor against Lincoln
Christian with the other two teams
playing at nine. Saturday night,
the two losers will play in consol-cont'd
from page 5
from Carlson to Dave Anderson.
Falcon kept their share of the
lead by dropping Third New 14-6.
Third New had everything except
a team which could effectively con-trol
Falcon.
Larson caught his sixth touch-down
pass of the year as he
grabbed a 13-yarder from Saxon.
Mark Zosel scored the extra point.
Falcon's second touchdown drive
was capped by a one-yard run by
Saxon. This time he hit Larson
for the extra point.
In the late stages of the game,
Falcon was on the Third New 40.
Saxon was just ready to pass when
Steve Henry stole the ball and gal-loped
60 yards for the sole Third
New touchdown.
s ae
Symposium
by Wally Borner
THINGS I WON'T EXPECT TO SEE IF I LIVE TO BE 100:
An Intramural ref calling a "perfect" game.
Mrs. Johnson receiving an award from the students for
her service to the students.
A Bethel varsity sport rolling up a perfect season and
being recognized nationally.
The soccer club going through a season with out being
stabbed in the back by a football player.
Students demanding that the administration take away
some of their extra responsibilities so that they have more time
for studies.
THINGS I WON'T UNDERSTAND IF I LIVE TO BE 100:
How anybody could expect an I-M ref to call a perfect game.
How anyone who has eaten in a High School cafeteria or a
U of M dorm cafeteria can complain about Bethel food.
Why some people don't think a pacifist can be a fierce
competitor in athletics.
Why the Vikings win the big ones and blow the easy ones.
Why there is more satisfaction in watching the bubbles in
a bottle of Prell than watching professional 'rassling.
Why people can read an article once and think they are
experts on the topic.
SPORTS CALENDAR
November 22-November 30
22 Basketball, Bethel Greenville Tournament
22 & 23 Hockey, U of Minnesota at UM Duluth
23 Basketball, Bethel Greenville Tournament
23 Volleyball, Bethel Women's St. Cloud Tournament
23 Hockey, North Stars at Montreal
23 Football, U of Minnesota at Wisconsin
23 Basketball, Pipers vs. New York H
24 Football, Vikings at Baltimore TV
24 Hockey, North Stars at Chicago TV
25 Volleyball, Bethel I-M
25 Basketball, Bethel at Trinity
26 Basketball, Pipers vs. Kentucky Duluth
26 Wrestling, Bethel at Pillsbury
27 Hockey, North Stars vs. Oakland H
27 Basketball, Pipers at New York
28 Volleyball, Bethel I-M
28 Basketball, Pipers at Miami
29 & 30 Hockey, U of Minnesota at Colorado College
30 Basketball, Bethel vs. St. Cloud H 7:30
30 Basketball, Pipers vs. Los Angeles H
30 Basketball, U of Minnesota vs. Iowa State
MEN PART-TIME or FULLTIME WORK
Call 226-1039
,
.4aceadotamat 'Kept9 Act&
Larpenteur and Snelling
in
Falcon Heights
The Self-Service Laundramat
24 washers . . . 12 dryers
For your convenience we are open 7 days a week
6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Matmen lose opener
to Macalester 29-6